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Rapid test for detection of transgenic maize developed

Electrochemical method ensures fast, inexpensive end
Scientists from the University of Rostock has managed to demonstrate in a real sample corn flour less than 0.9 percent of genetically modified maize MON810 using biosensors. Thus, this important threshold for food uses are first monitored with a fast electrochemical process.

“This new rapid method we have achieved an important breakthrough,” the head of the research group said Gerd-Uwe Flechsig by the Institute for Chemistry. “The next challenge for us will be to optimize the high speed, the detection limit of the method to detect even minute amounts of genetically modified maize,” added the scientist involved in the project Maren mix.

Faster and less expensive detection

In the group of Flechsig is worked for years in the electrochemical DNA analysis. One of the objectives is to develop a practical rapid and inexpensive detection of genetically modified plants. The conventional optical methods of analysis in contrast, are expensive and slow. The research carried out in close cooperation with Inge Broer held by the Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rostock, which is considered an expert on genetically modified plants in high esteem at home and abroad.

Developed at the University of Rostock methods and procedures for the detection of genetically modified maize to be marketed through the company Gensoric, a spin-off from the University of Rostock. (Red)

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